Lecanto Basketball Team Preview

General Information

Team Name

Lecanto (FL)

Mascot

Panthers

School Colors

Green, Gold,

2024 - 2025 Coach Name

2024 - 2025 League Record

3-0-0

2024 - 2025 Overall Record

26-4-0

State Rank

114

Section Rank

118

State Division Rank

13

2025 - 2026 Preview Information

Coach Name

Strengths
We have 4 returning starters to a team that lost in the Regional Finals in 2025. Our backcourt has scored over 4000 points combined and has started for 4 years. We also have depth with 8 kids with varsity experience.

Returning
JT Tipton- 4 year starter over 3,000 career points currently 8 all time in the state of Florida, 4 year FACA POY 5A District 8, 3x All County POY, 3x All conference, POY in conference
Braylen Moore- 4 year starter. over 2,000 career points, 3x All County and All conference, POY conference and county.
Tristan Loreth- 3 year starer. All County and Conference
Josh Patrick- 3 year starer. All County and Conference


Newcomers
Noah Meyer- 6'8" Sophomore
Andre Hicks- 6'3" Sophomore

Previous Season Stat Leaders

Scoring

#	Leader Name	GP	Pts	PPG	FGA	FG%
1	JT Tipton	28	535	19.1	374	42
2	Braylen Moore	29	515	17.8	448	43
3	Josh Patrick	30	256	8.5	211	43

Assists

#	Leader Name	GP	Ast	APG
1	JT Tipton	28	148	5.3
2	Braylen Moore	29	84	2.9
3	Josh Patrick	30	86	2.9

Rebounds

#	Leader Name	GP	Def	Off	Reb	RPG
1	Tristan Loreth	29	150	92	242	8.3
2	Braylen Moore	29	101	50	151	5.2
3	Josh Patrick	30	111	38	149	5.0

Steals

#	Leader Name	GP	Stl	SPG
1	JT Tipton	28	94	3.4
2	Braylen Moore	29	82	2.8
3	Josh Patrick	30	51	1.7

Blocks

#	Leader Name	GP	Blk	BPG
1	Tristan Loreth	29	47	1.6
2	Braylen Moore	29	15	0.5
3	JT Quinn	26	4	0.2

Team Wins

Date	Opponent	Result
11/19/2024	Hernando (Brooksville, FL)	73-30
11/22/2024	Nature Coast Tech (Brooksville, FL)	52-44
12/3/2024	Central (Brooksville, FL)	66-33
12/6/2024	Springstead (Spring Hill, FL)	66-45
12/10/2024	Crystal River (FL)	80-54
12/11/2024	Angeline Academy of Innovation (Land O' Lakes, FL)	78-12
12/16/2024	South Sumter (Bushnell, FL)	67-57
12/17/2024	Nature Coast Tech (Brooksville, FL)	50-36
12/20/2024	Dunnellon (FL)	76-47
12/28/2024	Eastside (Gainesville, FL)	68-42
1/7/2025	Weeki Wachee (FL)	100-47
1/8/2025	Leesburg (FL)	51-42
1/10/2025	Citrus (Inverness, FL)	95-40
1/11/2025	Altamonte Christian (Altamonte Springs, FL)	61-59
1/14/2025	Springstead (Spring Hill, FL)	53-43
1/17/2025	Central (Brooksville, FL)	76-36
1/21/2025	Hernando (Brooksville, FL)	79-29
1/22/2025	River Ridge (New Port Richey, FL)	88-49
1/24/2025	Crystal River (FL)	72-40
1/25/2025	Gulf (New Port Richey, FL)	72-53
1/27/2025	South Sumter (Bushnell, FL)	51-39
1/28/2025	Weeki Wachee (FL)	92-41
1/31/2025	Citrus (Inverness, FL)	101-69
2/5/2025	Vanguard (Ocala, FL)	65-53
2/12/2025	New Smyrna Beach (FL)	64-46
2/17/2025	Auburndale (FL)	48-43

5A District 5 Teams

Team Name
Belleview (FL)
Lecanto (FL)
Vanguard (Ocala, FL)
Springstead (Spring Hill, FL)
Leesburg (FL)

Year-by-Year Results

Year	Coach Name	Record	Achievements
24-25		26-4-0
23-24	F. Vilardi	21-7-0
22-23	F. Vilardi	22-5-0
21-22	F. Vilardi	21-5-0
20-21	F. Vilardi	20-4-0